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The Mazen-LeeLee Diabetes Center renews its AADE accreditation.

Published 11/16/2013, Grand Forks Herald

The Mazen-LeeLee Diabetes Center has recently
renewed its status as an accredited diabetes education
program by the American Association of Diabetes
Educators. This allows residents in and around Grand
Forks and the Red River Valley increased access to critical
diabetes education services.
Diabetes education as a collaborative process through
which people with or at risk for diabetes gain the
knowledge and skills needed to modify behavior and
successfully self-manage the disease and its related
conditions. It is provided by diabetes educators.
The Mazen-LeeLee Diabetes Center is located at The
Kidney and Hypertension Center at1451 44th Avenue
South, Suite 112D (701-732-2821). The diabetes team
includes Abby West, RD LN (Dietitian- Coordinator), Julie
K. Vorachek RN BSN (Manager- Educator) and Dr. Khaled
Rabadi (Medical Director).
"Trends show that diabetes education is moving out of
the hospital and into the community, so AADE's
accreditation program was created, in part, to encourage
diabetes education where the patient is seeking care,"
said Leslie E. Kolb, RN, BSN, MBA, Program Director,
Diabetes Education Accreditation Program. "The
Mazen-LeeLee Diabetes Center is exactly the type of
program we envisioned when we set up our accreditation
program in 2009."

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